Telephone equipment



Nov. 6, 1928.

N. c. WEBSTER TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT Filed on. 1o. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Ill El? l INVENTOR ATTOR N EY WITNESS:

Nov. 6, l 928.

N.' C. WEBSTER TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT Filed Oct. 10, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 ya@ 'NYE-mf WITNESS:

30 said section being'taken in the Patented Nov.A 6, 17928. l

' Notturni: c. 'WEBSTER, '0F GREENsBoRo BEND, vnI tMoNT.

TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT.

p Application ined october io, 1924. fseriai No.;742,so5.j

The general objectofrmy in vention is the provision of a telephone equipment Vcalculated to do away 'with the tiresome 4holding of a receiver by hand, the left hand of the telephone user being left free for otherpurpOSeS.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the 1nvention consists in the improvement as here-v inafter described and definitely claimed.

part of this specification Figure y1 isa side elevation of the lupper portion of the desk phone provided with my novel equipment.

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Figure 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrative oi' the collar comprised in Ymy improvementv and the appurtenances of said collar.

Figure 4 is a detail vertical section showing the means for preventing tipping over of the desk phone. l

Figure 5 Vis a side elevation showing a wall phone embodying my invention.'

Figure 6 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the line 6 6 of Figure 5. Figure7 is a detail section showing lthe latch for the receiver hook of the 'Y phone,

line 7-7 of Figure 8. y

Figure 8 isa section taken in the plane indicated by the line 8--8 of Figure 7. Similar numerals designate correspondwill first be made.

I show in Figures 1 and 4 an ordinary telephone stand 1, and I also show in Figure 4 relatively arranged to the stand `as shown in Figures 1 and 2. y y

Inasmuch as the receiver 7 is designed to occupy the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 permanently it is necessary to provide means through the medium of which the receiver hook 8 of the telephone may be se-y cured in depressed position .when telephone In the accompanying drawings, forming Figure 2 is a top planview of a desk phone-f plane` by theA a ing parts in Figures l'to 4 to which reference is not inuse.v Toward said 4end ,-I provide acollar 9 aboutythe stand y1,7and Irequipfthe u 'said collar 9 in Va recess 10,;there'of Awith a beveled latch -'lev,er11,.fsubjecttofagrectractile spring 12, and vdesigned 2to permit of the' shank of the hook y8 being'idepressed and ftoengage said shank as shown -in .Figure Beto detachably hold the hook 8 in depressedapo-A sition and a lfinger piece `13 is gprovidedior the convenient release of the `hook-8 when a conversation V'is commenced. .Thecollar'l is formed of two sections hi-ngedlyconnected together :at l14 and is fdesignediobe clamped aboutthe stand 1 throughfthe1me dium-of screws 15; At 16 theleollar 9 isV provided -with a ,resilient clamp 217, Ycontrolled by a screw 18 and shaped at 19 to receive the terminal portion of an arm 20 by which the receiver 7 is carried and supported as illustrated in Figures l and 2. Manifestly the arm 2() may be adjusted in the clamp 16 so as to place the receiver 7 secured in the clamp 21 on the varm 2O in the most convenient position.. yIt will also be manifest `thatwith the receiver 7 supported by the` arm 20 a user of the telephone is spared the fatigue'of holding the receiver 7 in his or 'i her left'hand, the left hand being thereby leltpfree4 for other purposes. It will alsobe understood that when it.vv is desired to use 'the telephone it is simply necessary to press the latch lever 11 toward the left in Figure 3 sol as to permit the receiver hook 8 to move upwardly and at the conclusion of the telephone conversation Ait is the province of the user vto move the hook 8 downwardly until the-latch lever 11 snaps inwardly above the shank of thehook 8 as appears in Figure 3. a holder for the base 2 of the stand 1, the

said holder including a base plate 3, pref-` erably shaped and disposed as shown in Fig` I show in Figure 5 a wall phone designated by 1a and I also show the receiver 7 of said phone as secured in a clamp 21 on an arm 20, said clamp and arm being similar to those previously described. y

The collar 9L of the phone 1'r1 is shaped as shown to engage' the conventional enlarged portion 22 usually provided back of the mouth piece 23 of a wall phone, the said col-v lar 9a being clamped about the said portion 22 as shown, and being equipped with a clamp 16 and a screw 18 similar to thosel before delos scribed and adapted to'adjustably fix the arm 2O in the position desired.

The receiver hook in Figure 5 is designated by 8 and for cooperation with said receiverY hook, I'provide on the phonelEL a latch lever 11 similar to that before described backed by a spring 12a. The latch lever 11 is designed to engage the shank ot the receiver hook in same manner and to the same advantage as the embodiment shown in Figures l to 4.

-Notwvithstanding the practical utility of my novel equipment as described it Will be ap` parent thatl the said equipment will enhance rather than detract from thelinished appearance ot a phone'ot eit-her .of the types disclosed.

I have specifically described the preferred embodiments of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to berunderstood as 'confining myself' to the construction and relative arrangement oi parts disclosed herein inasrnuch as the scope oft my invention is defined by my appended claim Within which v Y it assumes .Casin having a slot in itsbott-oim alatch pivchanges may be made Without departure trom my invention.A v

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent,

A telephone attachment comprising .a sectional casing` member adapted to be mounted upon a telephone and having an openingthru' which the receiver hoek extends, the opening having a length suliiciently great to permit movement et the receiver from its normal dearessed Dositicn to its elevated eosition which .i l

Ween the instrument is 1n use, said eted at its upper end Within the casing and having its lower end extending 'thru the slot and constituting a linger piece, said latch hai/'ine' 'a square 4shoulder thereon normally engaging over tie hoek and Jfurther having an inclined surface above said shoulder leading; thereto and a spring Within the casing en. aging the latch and normally urging it into receiver hook engaging position.

In testimony whereof I atiiX signature.

NORMAN C. WEBSTER. 

